Land of My Heart
By Beverly Marley-Loftus
Southwestern New Mexico – Land of my heart,
Your vast sweep of desert sends chills
From my toes to the nape of my neck.
My soul sprouts wings like a bird
And circles your far horizons
As some day my dust will do.
My joyful crys echo from canyon wall
To canyon wall,
From mountain to mountain,
Shape-changing mountains
‘Neath the magical spell of clouds.
Scoured by wind, scorched by sun,
Lit by a trillion trillion stars at night.
Imbued with awesome quiet,
Not speaking, but saying everything.
Southwestern New Mexico – Land of my heart.
Land of My Heart, Poem from a member